Category: Motivation

…when your fear goes away, you can move the world – Sebastian Thrun First off, we’re not saying that all fear is bad. After all, it’s good to have a healthy degree of fear of things like killer bees, grizzly bears and box jellyfish. No, what we’re talking about is the kind of fear that [...]

If you could choose someone to train you to become the very best version of yourself, who would you pick? Morpheus? Chuck Norris? Mr Miyagi? It’s a pretty tough call, right? Me? I’d go for Bruce Lee. Now, even though he lived only 32 years, few names resonate like his does. Martial artist, actor, philosopher and father, Bruce [...]

It’s always interesting when people tell me what I think. “All you’re about is having big muscles and showing off” “As far as you’re concerned, if it’s not weight training, it sucks” “You think everyone should be all ‘bulked up’” I even had a totally cool and (I’m almost too embarrassed to use the word) spiritual person tell [...]

Yep, you read that right, 2 minutes to awesomeness – not 20 minutes, not 2 hours. Two minutes. Now this isn’t one of those fat-blast workouts where you take yourself to the edge of sanity and collapse on the ground in a sweaty mess. Unfortunately, things like that seldom deliver measurable results out in the real world. No, [...]

Imagine you’re driving a convertible at breakneck speed on a long, straight road when suddenly, you stand up on the driver’s seat. Boom! The air hits you with so much force that it feels more like a wrecking ball. OK, now imagine the same scenario played out closer to 700 mph and, instead of standing, a rocket underneath your butt fires you upwards with 12g [...]

If you have kids, you must’ve heard stuff like this at one time or another. Daddy, the iPad’s screen broke • Translation – I dropped the iPad on the floor Daddy, the inside of the car’s wet • Translation – I hosed down the car while the windows were open Daddy, your iPod doesn’t work • Translation – [...]

I’m nowhere near as disciplined or motivated as you might think. Sure, I can get out of bed at 4:30am and train in a freezing basement, or head out for a 5-mile run in driving rain. But sometimes I find it hard to get myself to do things that I really love. </shame> And this happens more often than I’d [...]

You probably watched Batman on TV when you were a kid, right? Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin. Now even at 8-years old, I couldn’t understand how the Joker/Penguin/Riddler could mess up on such a consistent basis. I mean, they finally capture the Dynamic Duo and, instead of just shooting them, what did they [...]

Get started with a decent strength-training program and awesome results come along pretty much instantly. Posture improves, golf shots have more yardage, tennis serves more power, and chronic back and knee pain magically disappears. [...]

Imagine that you’re launching a new soft drink and you really want people to take you seriously. So, in a blaze of publicity, you drive a tank through Times Square to make your statement. We’re gunning for you, Pepsi and Coca-Cola But just three years later, you pull the plug – after all, you’ve achieved a paltry 0.5% [...]